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LINCOLN SK9771NE JAMES STREET 1941-1/9/188 (East side) 08/10/53 No.18 Cathedral School Boarding House (Formerly Listed as: JAMES STREET (East side) No.8 Cathedral school boarding house) GV II Formerly known as: Greystones JAMES STREET. House, formerly part of a larger complex including Nos 12 and 13 Eastgate, qv, now a school boarding house. C13 and C17, with C18 and C19 alterations. Restored c1980. Coursed rubble and brick, with plain tile roofs with 2 gable and 2 ridge stacks. 2 storeys plus attics, 6 bays. L-plan. West front, to James Street, has to left a panelled door in a moulded surround with hood on brackets. To its right, two 3-light casements with wooden lintels. Above, a sliding sash, and to its right, 4 early C20 casements. To right again, a restored timber framed gatehouse with rendered nogging. Plain opening, and above it, a 3-light casement. Rear wing, 6 bays, has to south an off-centre chamfered arched doorway and above it, a C13 pointed arched doorway, now a window. To the left, a C18 door and beyond, a C17 window with wooden mullions, then a cross casement. Above them, similar windows. To the right, 2 bays with late C20 fenestration. INTERIOR: rear wing has C13 strutted crown post roof with spine beam and collars. North wall has a medieval fireplace hood on brackets, with joggled lintel. To its left, a single blocked lancet. (Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 514; The Survey of Ancient Houses in Lincoln: Jones S: Lincoln: 1990-: 105-118). Listing NGR: SK9776671976

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